Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4592  ·  IC 4601  ·  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco)  ·  The star Al Niyat (σSco)  ·  The star Antares (αSco)  ·  The star Dschubba (δSco)  ·  The star Graffias (β1Sco)  ·  The star θLib  ·  The star νSco  ·  The star πSco  ·  The star ρSco  ·  The star τSco  ·  The star ω1Sco  ·  rho Oph Nebula
Colorful Nebulae around Antares and Ophiuchus, NateTorenvliet
Colorful Nebulae around Antares and Ophiuchus
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Colorful Nebulae around Antares and Ophiuchus

Colorful Nebulae around Antares and Ophiuchus, NateTorenvliet
Colorful Nebulae around Antares and Ophiuchus
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Colorful Nebulae around Antares and Ophiuchus

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Certainly one of the prettiest areas of the night sky, complete with blue reflection nebulae, red emission nebulae, dark light-blocking nebulae, and uncommon yellow reflection nebulae around the great star Antares. Also hanging about are multiple Globular Clusters, each home to 10's of thousands of stars.

Unfortunately, at 46 degrees latitude this area barely sweeps to an acceptable height in the sky for only a couple hours a night for a few short months a year. Make hay while Antares shines!

This is a 2-panel mosaic - 20 x 1 minute on each panel.

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Colorful Nebulae around Antares and Ophiuchus, NateTorenvliet